The presentation I went to was “Health Care in Dominican Bateyes” presented by Katie Shank and Elsa Schaefer. Two other students, Cathy Rice and Desiree Serrano, went on the trip but due to scheduling conflicts were unable to present their sections of the presentation. Professor Smith and Dr. Hart were also a part of the group that went to the Dominican Republic during J-term. I learned that they are planning to return not this J-term, but the one after that. Moreover, I learned that there was a lack of money, the need to set up the medicines differently, and other logistical challenges which made me wonder how much more of a positive impact they could have had it they did not run into these difficulties. However, I still left the presentation with a vast of new found knowledge and could have learned more if the other two students
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To start with I learned that a bateye is a rural segregated community built by the government in areas where sugar cane is grown that house Haitians that migrated there to work as sugar cane cutters. Some of the families have been there for two or three generations. However, they are not recognized by the government so they cannot receive paperwork required for healthcare. I also learned the phrase for duck-duck-goose is Spanish is “panto panto ganso.” Moreover, I learned that January 6th, a special day in my family was El Dia de Los Tres Reyes Magos (Three Kings’ Day) which is the day that children receive gifts instead of December 25th. I found it interesting that the students giving toys to the children caused such a problem when it was a time of celebration and facing the fact that the children would live there have so little. However, I thought it was very creative to use the toys to expand the mission by handing out a toy to a child if they took the anti-parasite medicine.
To start with I learned that a bateye is a rural segregated community built by the government in areas where sugar cane is grown that house Haitians that migrated there to work as sugar cane cutters. Some of the families have been there for two or three generations. However, they are not recognized by the government so they cannot receive paperwork required for healthcare. I also learned the phrase for duck-duck-goose is Spanish is “panto panto ganso.” Moreover, I learned that January 6th, a special day in my family was El Dia de Los Tres Reyes Magos (Three Kings’ Day) which is the day that children receive gifts instead of December 25th. I found it interesting that the students giving toys to the children caused such a problem when it was a time of celebration and facing the fact that the children would live there have so little. However, I thought it was very creative to use the toys to expand the mission by handing out a toy to a child if they took the anti-parasite medicine.